Yes sir, pay does matter

[Titanium]

http://www.todayonline.com/pda/233669ag.htm

 

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The MOE agrees that good teachers are not motivated by pay alone. They get the satisfaction from seeing their pupils learn, helping to change their lives and working with colleagues to improve what schools can provide for the next generation.

 

However, there is no trade-off between paying teachers competitively and sustaining their commitment and love for teaching. Even good and passionate teachers are lost to the service when the pay differential grows too wide. If the Education Service failed to keep in step with relevant private sector salaries, it would harm both the teaching profession and the quality of education in our schools.

 

 

Then is good ministers motivated by pay alone, since they keep saying they can earn much more in private sectors???

[Typhoonz]

I think they are...

[Yeshe]

this one still need to say meh??

[Guest Julio369]

of course we all work for money, if not what? as a hobby, charity, interest?

 

if not for $$$, why so many teachers like give tuition privately/secretly at night...private tuition very lurcratic leh...who am i kidding?

[Destiny03]

hahaa

 

when people talk to you about teaching as a passion and hobby

 

you can guess how many Zero he has in his banks

[Venco25]

You are kidding no one ba... it's a very very lucrative sideline & they don't declare these earnings too

[Ahhuat]

thanks for clarifying the point! as a civil servant and a teacher myself im getting sick and tired of lazy bums who think that I should not be earning what I do cos I should be doing it for the passion. Yeah, so who's gonna feed me. I wish ppl who think teachers should do it for the passion alone should put their money where their mouth is and quit their well paying jobs and be a teacher and not accept any pay rises! It's very easy to tok.. not easy to do...

 

and btw.. the newspaper didnt reflect the pay rise for teachers accurately... it is in fact less than stated... thru manipulation of the figures.. ST over inflated it...

 

as for ministers.. well... if we can pay them so much.. i dont see why other civil servants should earn any less.. we're not a charity... if u cant pay... we go elsewhere.. dats life..

[Maffie]

one 0

[Wanderer]

No $$$, no passion!

 

Nuff said....

[Boyboy]

how to declare? not allowed to moonlight leh!

 

anyway, i support the education rat race, cos i intend to make some bucks on the side giving tuition too

[Boyboy]

imho, teaching is a passion, and should always be..

 

but when u load teachers with admin work which exceeds the teaching workload, u better pay them damn well to keep them

[Blue2]

yup...agree on the manipulation of figures...

wondering if the average speed during peak hours and vehicles populations are manipulate

[Kingcopa]

I agree to that. Nowadays more graduates are joining the teaching force not out of passion but just that their degree cant get them anyway. Teaching is the best option for them.

 

But nowadyas teachers workload is getting more n more n i think their pay increment is justify but not so for the civil servant lor esp those ministers.

[Lexxmexx]

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...as for ministers.. well... if we can pay them so much.. i dont see why other civil servants should earn any less.. we're not a charity... if u cant pay... we go elsewhere.. dats life..

 

That's because you are not an elite lor

[Sporadic]

Cher, life not bad, what. Office hours also can post on internet forums! that's better than all the pay in the world!

[Wrc206]

Any idea whats the working hours for teachers? 7am to 6pm... thats excluding setting exam papers, marking worksheets, preparing lesson plans ... all these are done after office hours. You wanna join?

Edited January 23, 2008 by Wrc206